Dressing-booth.



PATENTED FEB- 27, 1906.

2 SHEETSSHEET 1 T. A. MOGUIRE. DRESSING BOOTH. APPLICATION FILED OUT.11,1905.

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No. 813,661. PATENTED FEB. 27, 1906.

T. A. MOGUIRE.

DRESSING BOOTH. APPLICATION FILED 001.11,1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS A. MCGUIRE, OF OAKLAND, ILLINOIS.

DRESSING-BOOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 2'7, 1906.

Application filed October ll 1905. Serial No. 282,835.

To all when it Wtcty concern-.-

Be it known that I, THOMAS A. MCGUIRE, a citizen'of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Coles and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dressing-Booths, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has for its primary object to provide a dressing-boothwhich can be readily folded up against the wall when not in use. Thishas a double advantage of saving valuable floor-space and of enablingthe floor to be easily kept in a clean and sanitary condition.

With this object in view the invention consists, essentially, of aninclosing curtain, a floorcovering, and means whereby the curtain andfloor covering can be simultaneously folded or extended for use.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and alsoto acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means foreffecting the result reference is to be had to the following descriptionand ac companying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofthe dressing-booth, showing the curtain in a lowered position. Fig. 2 isa similar view showing the device as folded against the wall. Fig. 3 isa vertical sectional view through the booth. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview showing the device with the curtain removed.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The numeral 1 designates a standard,

which is secured against the wall in any suitable manner and comprisestwo upright members 2, having their upper ends connected by spacedhorizontal bars 3, the lower bar 3 being provided with a series of hooks4. The upper framework 5, from which the inclosing curtain 6 issuspended, is formed by bending the ends of a strip of metal around atapproximately right angles to form arms 7, which are pivotally connectedto the upright members 2. In the drawings --the extremities of the arms7 are shown as provided with eyes, which connect with screw-eyesfastened in the upright members 2. The lower framework 8 is of a sizecorresponding to the upper framework 5 and is pivoted to the uprightmembers 2 in a similar manner at a point near the floor. A cross-bar 9connects the arms of the lower framework, thereby forming a rectangularstructure across which the carpet or floor-covering 10 is stretched. Inorder to secure a simultaneous movement of the upper and lowerframeworks, they are connected by members 11, which are of a lengthequal to the distance between the points up on the upright members 2where the frameworks are pivoted. A system of ropes is provided forraising and lowering the device and comprises cords 12, connected to theouter portion of the upper framework 5 and passing over pulleys or guidemembers 13 upon the upper horizontal bar 3 and then down to within easyaccess of the operator. It will thus be understood that when the upperframework 5 is allowed to swing around so that the arms 7areinahorizontalposition the lower framework, having a carpet stretchedthereover, will rest upon the floor, and the curtain 6 will form aninclosure around said carpet. When the booth is not in use, the curtainand floor-covering can be swung up against the wall, so as to occupyvery little floor-space.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In adressing-booth, the combination of a support, a curtain suspended fromsaid support and forming the inclosing walls of the booth, afloor-covering for said booth, said floor-covering being pivotallyconnected to the support so as to swing thereagainst, and means forswinging the floor-covering against the support.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of aframework pivotally attached to the wall, an inclosing curtain suspendedtherefrom, a floor-covering pivotally mounted so as to swing up againstthe wall, and means whereby the framework and the floor-covering can befolded against the wall.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of an upperframework pivotally connected to the wall, an inclosing curtainsuspended therefrom, a lower framework pivotally mounted so as to swingagainst the wall, a floor-covering stretched across the lower framework,and means whereby the upper and lower frameworks can be folded againstthe wall.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination of an upperframework pivotally connected to the wall, an inclosing curtainsuspended therefrom, a lower framework pivotally mounted so as to swingagainst the wall, a floor-covering stretched across the lower framework,connecting means between covering pivotally connected to a lower portheupper framework and the lower framet1on of the standard, and meanswhereby work to secure a simultaneous movement the two frameworks can besimultaneously thereof, and means whereby the two framefolded againstthe wall.

5 works can be folded against the wall. In testimony whereof I affix mysignature I 5 5. In a device of the character described, in presence oftwo witnesses. the combination of a standard secured to the THOMAS A.MCGUIRE. [L. s] wall, an upper framework pivotally attached Witnesses:to the standard, an inclosing curtain sus- A. M. SHAFFER,

I pended from the upper framework, a floor- J. S. BYNUM.

